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Catholic High School B Graduates, 2002 (estimated birth year: 1984–1985)

Out of 317 students, 128 (40.38%) had only one given name, 184 (58.04%) had two, and five (1.58%) had three.

First Given Names

The most popular initials for the first given name were J (51, 16.14%), R (39, 12.34%), M (37, 11.71%), A (32, 10.13%), and E (22, 6.96%). No one had a first given name that started with U, X, or Z.

Table 1(a). Most popular first given names.

Bearers Name
13 Jan, Mark, Michael
7 John
6 Marvin
4 Glen
3 Christian, Edward, Jay, Kevin, Neil, Oliver, Ralph, Ryan, Vincent
2 Adrian, Alexander, Alexis, Allan, Amado, Arnold, Bernard, Christopher, Don, Earl, Enrico, Erwin, Fritz, Gabriel, Glenn, Herbert, Jerome, Joel, Karl, Kenneth, Larry, Oscar, Patrick, Paul, Rafael, Randy, Ray, Raymund, Robert, Romel, Stephen

Table 1(b). Most popular first given names (combined spellings).

Bearers Name
20 Jan (John)
14 Mark (Marc)
13 Michael
6 Glen (Glenn), Marvin
3 Adrian (Edrian), Brian (Brianne, Bryan), Christian, Edward, Jay, Karl (Carl), Kevin, Neil, Oliver, Ralph, Ray (Rey), Raymund (Raymond), Romel (Rommel), Ryan, Stephen (Steven), Vincent
2 Albert (Alburt), Alexander, Alexis, Allan, Amado, Arnold, Benedict (Benedik), Bernard, Christopher, Don, Earl, Enrico, Erwin, Fritz, Gabriel, Gerald (Jerald), Herbert, Jason (Jayson), Jerome, Joel, Jun (June), Kenneth, Larry, Niccolo (Nicolo), Oscar, Patrick, Paul, Rafael, Randy, Robert

Note

Second Given Names

The most popular initials for the second given name wereJ (35, 18.52%), A (24, 12.70%), C (22, 11.64%), R (20, 10.58%), and M (19, 10.05%). No one had a second given name that started with Q, T, U, X, or Z.

Table 2(a). Most popular second given names.

Bearers Name
11 Anthony
9 Joseph, Michael
8 John
4 Carlo, Christopher, Kristoffer, Paul, Paulo
3 Jan, Rey
2 Alvin, Angelo, Chester, Christian, Daniel, Earl, James, Mark, Oliver, Paolo, Ray, Ronald, Vincent

Table 2(b). Most popular second given names (combined spellings).

Bearers Name
12 John (Jan, Jon)
11 Anthony
10 Joseph (Josef)
8 Christopher (Kristoffer)
6 Paulo (Paolo)
5 Carlo (Karlo), Rey (Ray)
4 Paul
2 Alvin, Angelo, Chester, Christian, Daniel, Earl, James, Mark, Oliver, Ronald, Vincent

Third Given Names

The third given names in the sample were Joseph, Kristoffer, Meth, Rae, and Victor.

Standouts

Here are some names that appeared only once in the sample:

Numerical Suffixes

Fifteen boys (4.73% of the sample) had numerical suffixes attached to their names. Fourteen of them (93.33%) were Jr, while one (6.67%) was III.